A survey conducted in April and May 2023 revealed that around 55 percent of the companies that do business in the European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom (UK) found it challenging to adapt to new or changing requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA). A further 45 percent of the survey respondents said it was challenging to increase the budget because of the changes in the data privacy laws.

As of February 2025, the largest fine issued for violation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the United Kingdom (UK) was more than 22 million euros, received by British Airways in October 2020. Another fine received by Marriott International Inc. in the same month was the second-highest in the UK and amounted to over 20 million euros.

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About 15 percent of employees working in small businesses of France, UK, Spain, and Ireland believed their enterprises did not describe their data processing activities in clear and plain language to individuals. Another 10 percent stated their companies did not obtain consent or determined a lawful basis before using personal data.

BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic brought global disruption to health, society and economy, including to the conduct of clinical research. In the European Union (EU), the legal and ethical framework for research is complex and divergent. Many challenges exist in relation to the interplay of the various applicable rules, particularly with respect to compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This study aimed to gain insights into the experience of key clinical research stakeholders [investigators, ethics committees (ECs), and data protection officers (DPOs)/legal experts working with clinical research sponsors] across the EU and the UK on the main challenges related to data protection in clinical research before and during the pandemic.Materials and methodsThe study consisted of an online survey and follow-up semi-structured interviews. Data collection occurred between April and December 2021. Survey data was analyzed descriptively, and the interviews underwent a framework analysis.Results and conclusionIn total, 191 respondents filled in the survey, of whom fourteen participated in the follow-up interviews. Out of the targeted 28 countries (EU and UK), 25 were represented in the survey. The majority of stakeholders were based in Western Europe. This study empirically elucidated numerous key legal and ethical issues related to GDPR compliance in the context of (cross-border) clinical research. It showed that the lack of legal harmonization remains the biggest challenge in the field, and that it is present not only at the level of the interplay of key EU legislative acts and national implementation of the GDPR, but also when it comes to interpretation at local, regional and institutional levels. Moreover, the role of ECs in data protection was further explored and possible ways forward for its normative delineation were discussed. According to the participants, the pandemic did not bring additional legal challenges. Although practical challenges (for instance, mainly related to the provision of information to patients) were high due to the globally enacted crisis measures, the key problematic issues on (cross-border) health research, interpretations of the legal texts and compliance strategies remained largely the same.

Through two decades of campaigns delivery and optimization, Expandi has created the most comprehensive GDPR-compliant European database covering SMB, Midmarket, and Enterprise companies. Our data base is enriched with up-to-date technographic, financial and intent data. All our data is updated regularly and includes only active companies, allowing you to reach the most relevant and appropriate customers for your business.

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BackgroundThe COVID-19 pandemic brought global disruption to health, society and economy, including to the conduct of clinical research. In the European Union (EU), the legal and ethical framework for research is complex and divergent. Many challenges exist in relation to the interplay of the various applicable rules, particularly with respect to compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This study aimed to gain insights into the experience of key clinical research stakeholders [investigators, ethics committees (ECs), and data protection officers (DPOs)/legal experts working with clinical research sponsors] across the EU and the UK on the main challenges related to data protection in clinical research before and during the pandemic.Materials and methodsThe study consisted of an online survey and follow-up semi-structured interviews. Data collection occurred between April and December 2021. Survey data was analyzed descriptively, and the interviews underwent a framework analysis.Results and conclusionIn total, 191 respondents filled in the survey, of whom fourteen participated in the follow-up interviews. Out of the targeted 28 countries (EU and UK), 25 were represented in the survey. The majority of stakeholders were based in Western Europe. This study empirically elucidated numerous key legal and ethical issues related to GDPR compliance in the context of (cross-border) clinical research. It showed that the lack of legal harmonization remains the biggest challenge in the field, and that it is present not only at the level of the interplay of key EU legislative acts and national implementation of the GDPR, but also when it comes to interpretation at local, regional and institutional levels. Moreover, the role of ECs in data protection was further explored and possible ways forward for its normative delineation were discussed. According to the participants, the pandemic did not bring additional legal challenges. Although practical challenges (for instance, mainly related to the provision of information to patients) were high due to the globally enacted crisis measures, the key problematic issues on (cross-border) health research, interpretations of the legal texts and compliance strategies remained largely the same.

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Success.ai offers a comprehensive, enterprise-ready B2B leads data solution, ideal for businesses seeking access to over 150 million verified employee profiles and 170 million work emails. Our data empowers organizations across industries to target key decision-makers, optimize recruitment, and fuel B2B marketing efforts. Whether you're looking for UK B2B data, B2B marketing data, or global B2B contact data, Success.ai provides the insights you need with pinpoint accuracy.

Tailored for B2B Sales, Marketing, Recruitment and more: Our B2B contact data and B2B email data solutions are designed to enhance your lead generation, sales, and recruitment efforts. Build hyper-targeted lists based on job title, industry, seniority, and geographic location. Whether you’re reaching mid-level professionals or C-suite executives, Success.ai delivers the data you need to connect with the right people.

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Key Categories Served: B2B sales leads – Identify decision-makers in key industries, B2B marketing data – Target professionals for your marketing campaigns, Recruitment data – Source top talent efficiently and reduce hiring times, CRM enrichment – Update and enhance your CRM with verified, updated data, Global reach – Coverage across 195 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, India, Singapore, and more.

Global Coverage with Real-Time Accuracy: Success.ai’s dataset spans a wide range of industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. With continuous real-time updates, your team can rely on the most accurate data available: 150M+ Employee Profiles: Access professional profiles worldwide with insights including full name, job title, seniority, and industry. 170M Verified Work Emails: Reach decision-makers directly with verified work emails, available across industries and geographies, including Singapore and UK B2B data. GDPR-Compliant: Our data is fully compliant with GDPR and other global privacy regulations, ensuring safe and legal use of B2B marketing data.

Key Data Points for Every Employee Profile: Every profile in Success.ai’s database includes over 20 critical data points, providing the information needed to power B2B sales and marketing campaigns: Full Name, Job Title, Company, Work Email, Location, Phone Number, LinkedIn Profile, Experience, Education, Technographic Data, Languages, Certifications, Industry, Publications & Awards.

Use Cases Across Industries: Success.ai’s B2B data solution is incredibly versatile and can support various enterprise use cases, including: B2B Marketing Campaigns: Reach high-value professionals in industries such as technology, finance, and healthcare. Enterprise Sales Outreach: Build targeted B2B contact lists to improve sales efforts and increase conversions. Talent Acquisition: Accelerate hiring by sourcing top talent with accurate and updated employee data, filtered by job title, industry, and location. Market Research: Gain insights into employment trends and company profiles to enrich market research. CRM Data Enrichment: Ensure your CRM stays accurate by integrating updated B2B contact data. Event Targeting: Create lists for webinars, conferences, and product launches by targeting professionals in key industries.

Use Cases for Success.ai's Contact Data - Targeted B2B Marketing: Create precise campaigns by targeting key professionals in industries like tech and finance. - Sales Outreach: Build focused sales lists of decision-makers and C-suite executives for faster deal cycles. - Recruiting Top Talent: Easily find and hire qualified professionals with updated employee profiles. - CRM Enrichment: Keep your CRM current with verified, accurate employee data. - Event Targeting: Create attendee lists for events by targeting relevant professionals in key sectors. - Market Research: Gain insights into employment trends and company profiles for better business decisions. - Executive Search: So...

A study conducted among 680 websites in the UK showed that roughly 12 percent of the websites was compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The consent management platforms (CMP) displayed were in most cases not meeting the requirements of the EU law.

Since the enforcement of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, fines have been issued for several types of violations. As of February 2025, the most significant share of penalties was due to companies' non-compliance with general data processing principles. This violation has led to over 2.4 billion euros worth of fines.

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In September 2024, the Irish Data Protection Commission fined Meta Ireland 91 million euros after passwords of social media users were stored in 'plaintext' on Meta's internal systems rather than with cryptographic protection or encryption. In May 2023, the EU fined Meta 1.2 billion euros for violating laws on digital privacy and putting the data of EU citizens at risk through Facebook's EU-U.S. data transfers. European privacy legislation is seen as being far stricter than American privacy law, and the sending of EU citizens’ data to the United States resulted in the record breaking penalty being issued to the tech giant. In January 2023, after it was discovered that Meta Platforms had improperly required that users of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp accept personalized adverts to use the platforms, the company was issued a 390 million euro fine by the European Commission. EU regulators claim that the social media giant broke the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) by including the demand in its terms of service. In addition, Meta was fined 405 million euros by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) in September 2022 for violating Instagram's children's privacy settings. In November 2022, the DPC fined Meta a further 265 million euros for failing to protect their users from data scraping. GDPR violations in 2022 Social media sites and companies are not the only types of online services upon which users' data can potentially be compromised. In 2022, the online service with the biggest fine for violating GDPR was e-commerce and digital powerhouse Amazon, which was issued a 746 million euro fine. Furthermore, in December 2021, Google was penalized 90 million euros for GDPR violations. What are the most common GDPR violations? Since GDPR went into effect in May 2018, fines have been imposed for a variety of reasons. As of June 2022, companies' non-compliance with general data processing principles accounted for the largest share of fines, resulting in over 845 million euros worth of penalties. Insufficient legal basis for data processing was the second most common violation, amounting to 447 million euros in fines.

Success.ai’s Company Data Solutions provide businesses with powerful, enterprise-ready B2B company datasets, enabling you to unlock insights on over 28 million verified company profiles. Our solution is ideal for organizations seeking accurate and detailed B2B contact data, whether you’re targeting large enterprises, mid-sized businesses, or small business contact data.

Success.ai offers B2B marketing data across industries and geographies, tailored to fit your specific business needs. With our white-glove service, you’ll receive curated, ready-to-use company datasets without the hassle of managing data platforms yourself. Whether you’re looking for UK B2B data or global datasets, Success.ai ensures a seamless experience with the most accurate and up-to-date information in the market.

Why Choose Success.ai’s Company Data Solution? At Success.ai, we prioritize quality and relevancy. Every company profile is AI-validated for a 99% accuracy rate and manually reviewed to ensure you're accessing actionable and GDPR-compliant data. Our price match guarantee ensures you receive the best deal on the market, while our white-glove service provides personalized assistance in sourcing and delivering the data you need.

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Our database spans 195 countries and covers 28 million public and private company profiles, with detailed insights into each company’s structure, size, funding history, and key technologies. We provide B2B company data for businesses of all sizes, from small business contact data to large corporations, with extensive coverage in regions such as North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

Comprehensive Data Points: Success.ai delivers in-depth information on each company, with over 15 data points, including:

Company Name: Get the full legal name of the company. LinkedIn URL: Direct link to the company's LinkedIn profile. Company Domain: Website URL for more detailed research. Company Description: Overview of the company’s services and products. Company Location: Geographic location down to the city, state, and country. Company Industry: The sector or industry the company operates in. Employee Count: Number of employees to help identify company size. Technologies Used: Insights into key technologies employed by the company, valuable for tech-based outreach. Funding Information: Track total funding and the most recent funding dates for investment opportunities. Maximize Your Sales Potential: With Success.ai’s B2B contact data and company datasets, sales teams can build tailored lists of target accounts, identify decision-makers, and access real-time company intelligence. Our curated datasets ensure you’re always focused on high-value leads—those who are most likely to convert into clients. Whether you’re conducting account-based marketing (ABM), expanding your sales pipeline, or looking to improve your lead generation strategies, Success.ai offers the resources you need to scale your business efficiently.

Tailored for Your Industry: Success.ai serves multiple industries, including technology, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and more. Our B2B marketing data solutions are particularly valuable for businesses looking to reach professionals in key sectors. You’ll also have access to small business contact data, perfect for reaching new markets or uncovering high-growth startups.

From UK B2B data to contacts across Europe and Asia, our datasets provide global coverage to expand your business reach and identify new markets. With continuous data updates, Success.ai ensures you’re always working with the freshest information.

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Compliance specialists are responsible for making sure that a company complies with national and international laws and regulations, as well as professional standards and internal policies. Compliance in financial services is an on-going activity but recent developments around General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or Brexit are expected to raise the demand for skilled professionals even higher. In 2020, Product advisory was the highest paying specialty area for mid-level specialists in compliance. Assistant vice president compliance officers who worked in Trade Surveillance in London earned an average salary of between 60 and 90 thousand British pounds per annum.

Compliance specialists are responsible for making sure that a company complies with national and international laws and regulations, as well as professional standards and internal policies. Compliance in financial services is an on-going activity but recent developments around General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or Brexit are expected to raise the demand for skilled professionals even higher. In 2019, Central Compliance was the highest paying specialty area for junior specialists in compliance. Officers with two to four years of experience who worked in Central Compliance in London earned an average salary of between 40 and 55 thousand British pounds per annum.

As of January 2025, the most significant data privacy violation fine worldwide was for social media giant Meta. In May 2023, the Data Protection Commission (DPC) of Ireland decided to fine the company with 1.2 billion euros or 1.3 billion U.S. dollars. The Chinese vehicle-for rent company Didi Global ranked second. In July 2022, China's data privacy regulator fined the company 8.026 billion Chinese yuan, or 1.19 billion U.S. dollars. The 2021 Amazon fine issued by Luxembourg's data privacy regulation authorities was 877 million U.S. dollars and was the third-biggest data breach fine as of the measured month. The 2019 fine of 575 million U.S. dollars to Equifax followed. In this incident, because of unpatched vulnerabilities, nearly 150 million people were affected, which caused the American consumer credit reporting agency to pay at least 575 million U.S. dollars.

It is well-known that 1st Party data (1PD) is the superior currency in advertising. Acxiom enables the biggest brands to onboard CRM data and activate across all channels. Acxiom identifies the intersection between client CRM data and display, social and programmatic users and offers you the possibility of addressing your customers online for up and cross-selling opportunities.

1PD (CRM-Data) touchpoints for onboarding: • Name and postal address (street, house number, ZIP, city) • Email address • Phone number • Device ID • Gender and date of birth Onboarding Process: • Kick-off: Defining campaign goals and settings • Legal including Data Privacy Agreement (DPA) • 1PD delivery from client to Acxiom. • 1PD data cleansing • Recognition and partners' ID enhancement • ID based activation in your publisher’s or platform’s ad-account

Why onboarding with Acxiom? • Direct Integration: Acxiom has direct integration to the most valuable platforms and publishers including a direct matching as well as an end-to-end CPA chain. • Highest match rate across all channels: Acxiom provide the highest match rate across all channels given it long year partnership with the leading platforms and partnerships combined with the most valuable match data spine. • Fully GDPR compliant: State of the art data privacy and compliance guidelines. Acxiom acts under DPA and only shares ID with the partners. No client’s data is transferred to publishers and platforms